Steve Adams
- Good afternoon! We'll get going at 2pm CT today, but feel free to submit questions ahead of time, as always.
- Greetings! Let's get underway
Still an A
- Is Cam Schlittler the real deal or does he regress? Hard to believe he's this dominant all season
Steve Adams
- I don't consider these two things mutually exclusive. Yes, I would say he's a genuine high-end starting pitcher. I'd also say he's still going to regress. I don't think it's realistic to expect any pitcher to post a sub-3% walk rate for a full season, nor will he go the entire season without one of his fly-balls clearing the outfield fence. He's going to regress; there's no question about it.But even regression for him might mean something like a low-3.00s ERA for the remainder of the season -- or upper 2.00s. The velo is great. He's missing bats and inducing chases off the plate at elite levels.Even if his walk rate doubles the rest of the way and he allows homers at a league-average rate from here on out, he'd still be an easy playoff-caliber starter. Schlittler looks awesome.
Bradley Jax
- Which side won the trade?
Steve Adams
- I don't think there's any real point in trying to assess that right now, since it's going to change frequently. You'd probably take the Taj Bradley end right now, but he's one injury or rough patch away from things swinging the other direction.It takes so long to see these things with any sort of clarity, and even when you think you have a real grasp, you never really know until years down the road.The Cristopher Sanchez-for-Curtis Mead swap was labeled a heist for the Rays for several years because Mead was a top-100 prospect and Sanchez looked wholly unremarkable.I think it's safe to say the Phillies won that one, but back in 2022 -- three full years after the trade -- people would've looked at you like were nuts if you opined as much.
Mets Man
- Mets are cooked right? Everyone besides Nolan McLean is bad at baseball. Do you think there is a way for the mets to turn it around or should start hoping for 27?
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